Record-filing rack



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NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECORD-rune RACK.'

Appnca'tion'iea April e,

Be it knownthatI," ERNEST IV. LADD a citizen lof lthe United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inl Record- Filing Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the same.

An object of my invention is to provide a rack for filing phonograph records of the disc type in larger numbers in a given space than has heretofore been practiced.

Another object of my invention is to make such a rack in a unitary form so that it may be utilized in connection with standard forms of phonograph cabinets. y

Other objects of the invention will be apparent upon a reading of this specification in connection with the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a perspectiveviewrof avphonograph cabinet containing my rack, and

y Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the arrangement of the partitions of the rack; this figure shows an axial broken line with the arrangement of the partitions and stops on one side thereof and arrangement' of a few partitions on the other side thereof; it will be understood that the arrangement of both sides of this axial line is the same as shown in the lower part of said figure.

As will be observed from a perusal of Fig. 1 of the drawings my record rack unit is adapted to fit in the record compartment of a phonograph cabinet. Normally the rack is contained entirely within the record compartment of the cabinet and the cabinet doors are closed. When it is desired to use records Contained in the rack between partitions thereof whose outward radii are obstructed by the cabinet structure, the rack is drawn out of its compartment andthe record readily selected. In practice this rack is mounted on extensible ways which have aV slidable connection with the cabinet and which are also provided with stops to limit the degree of withdrawal of the rack from the cabinet, which sliding construction permits the withdrawal ofthe rack from the cabinet suliiciently to enable the ready use ofl all of the record filing spaces in the rack. I have not shown or described any special construction for suspending or supporting Specification of Letters 'latent IMay 2.3 1.9212.

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. at ifai -anapeniaiag and mainga degrec' 'ofi its withdrawal from lthecabinet yfor the reasonthat such-` Vconstrl'ic'tions are Acoinmon, especially in business tiling cabinets. Referringv now in detail to the drawings 3 1s a phonograph cabinet, having the doors 4:, l to the record'chamber 5, within the record chamber is a record ling rack or drawer. This rack is provided with a base 6 and a top 7, between which is mounted a plurality of partitions 8. These partitions preferably extend only a relatively short distance toward thefinside of the rack and spaces 9` are formed between the same and their ad- ]acent partitions. I have provided stopslO,

the rack and entendv to a sufficient height to effectively stop records `which are filed in the spaces 9. The dotted lines in Fig. 2, be-

tween the stops and the partitions, are

of the lateral travel of records inserted in v the spaces 9.

The radial arrangement of the partitions I 8 is such that while several of said partitions maybe parallel to each other, a substantial number, and preferably nearly all of such partitions are out of parallel with each other; furthermore, the arrangement ofk partitions is such as to utilize for record ling purposes the least amount of space comparedv with the number of records filed. It will be observed from the special arrangement* of the stops 10, 11 and 12 that records of varyingl sizes may be conveniently filed in this rack in view of the varying difference 0f distance between the portion of said stops in alignment with the spaces between the par-- ticular partitions. yThese stops 10, 11 and 12 are arranged angularly to animaginary line drawn from the middle of the front of the rack to the middle of the back thereof.

I have shown what I believe to be the` best embodiment of my invention. I do not,

'70 11 and 12 which are mounted in the base of however, wish to be limited to the form vof Y i .105

disclosure made, but what I desire tocover by Letters Patent is set forth in the append# y ed claims. Y

Claims 1. In a rack forV phonograph recordsfof the disc type, a base, a top, partitions eX- tending inwardly along said base and top a relatively short distance so as to provide an open uninterrupted space beyond the inner edges of said partitions permitting intiinate association of the inner edges of records led adjacent to each other7 substantially all ot said partitions being arranged yout of parallel with each other and extending inwardly troni the sides `and front of said rack.

2. In a rack Vfor phonograph records of Vthe* discftype, a base, a top, partitions eX- tending inwardly alongsaid base and top a relatively short distance so as to provide an open uninterrupted space beyond the inner edges oit said partitions permitting intimate association of the inner edges of records filed adjacent to each other, substantially all of said partitions being arranged out of parallel with each other and extending inwardly from the sides and front of saidV raclg and stops angularly` arranged along and With respect to the middle portion of said rack taking the line thereof from the center of the back to the center of the front of said rack. EARNEST W. LADD. 

